Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Boniface of Tarsus, Martyr 14 May 2021 St Boniface, Martyr: Missa "Protexisti" Saint Boniface of Tarsus was, according to legend, executed for being a Christian in the year 307 at Tarsus, where he had gone from Rome in…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Ascension Day 13 May 202113 May 2021 Ascension Day: Missa "Viri Galilaei" Station at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Forty days after the Resurrection, Our Lord Jesus Christ, attended by Angels, ascended into Heaven, in the sight of…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Vigil of the Ascension/Rogation Wednesday 12 May 2021 Vigil of the Ascension; Rogation Wednesday: Missa "Vocem iucunditátis" This station at the Vatican Basilica on the last day of the Rogations was instituted out of veneration for the tomb of…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Rogation Tuesday 11 May 2021 Rogation Tuesday: Missa "Exaudivit" "Rogation" comes from the Latin "rogare," which means "to ask," and "Rogation Days" are days during which we seek to ask God's mercy, appease His anger, avert…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Antoninus of Florence 10 May 202110 May 2021 St Antoninus OP, Bishop & Confessor; comm. Sunday IV Post Easter, & SS. Gordian & Epimachus, Martyrs: Missa "Státuit ei Dóminus" (1389-1459) Saint Antoninus, or Little Antony, as he was…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Sunday’s Mass: St. Gregory the Theologian 9 May 20219 May 2021 Feast of Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church: Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" After his baptism at 30, Gregory gladly accepted his friend Basil’s invitation to join him…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr 7 May 20216 May 2021 St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr: Missa "Protexisti" Saint Stanislaus, a Polish martyr, was Bishop of Cracow. King Boleslaw II was outraging the whole kingdom by his acts of lust and cruelty.…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St John before the Latin Gate 6 May 20216 May 2021 St John before the Latin Gate: Missa "Protexisti" IN the year 95, St. John, who was the only surviving apostle, and governed all the churches of Asia, was apprehended at…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Monica, Widow 4 May 20215 May 2021 St Monica, Widow: Missa "Cognovi, Domine" Born into a Christian family in the village of Tagaste, Northern Africa in 332, Saint Monica learned at an early age the virtues of patience…
Liturgy… Carissimi; Today’s Mass: The Invention of the Holy Cross 3 May 2021 The FINDING OF THE HOLY CROSS: Missa "Nos autem" The "invention" (from Latin invenire, "to find") of the Holy Cross: The Cross on which Our Blessed Lord suffered for us was, following Jewish…
